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I'm not sure I ever would have purchased one of these on my own I have a tough time getting up to speed on new stuff. However I received it as a gift, a generous one from a friend.

So now I need to get functional and I haven't a clue what I'm doing.

I did find a User's Guide which I downloaded but I guess I don't even know exactly the uses etc.

At startup it asked for an email address and I used my aol address. But it seems I need to use a Google Account in order to access things like You-Tube so I would like to "undo" the aol address and use my gmail address. How do I change that? Its hard just getting on - but I guess I screwed up using AOL and a big help would be to change from AOL to Gmail. It tells how to do the initial setup (it didn't say anything at setup about gmail/google accounts not sure why.

With that in mind how do I re-set my device?

I do not wish to have a password but it seems to have one anyone and it seems all I'm doing is entering passwords and so forth and never getting beyond that.

So obviously I am REALLY ILLITERATE I guess would be accurate as far as Androids. Any tips/advice please? I don't wanna have to tell my friend when asked how its going that I'm still working on the basics.

Also, it would help if I had a keyboard to use with it. I have a bluetooth keyboard that came with my Apple but don't use with it - would it be usable with this android?

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Since you didn't use the gmail address, it's very unl;ikely you've done very much that you would lose in a total reset.

Go into your settings and find the reset option (could be Backup and Settings, could be under Security or might be some other place). Do a factory reset and it will ask the same questions it asked the first time when it boots again. Then you can input your gmail address.

Once you're set up again, you can access the Play Store to look for apps/games you might like. You can customize the thing (to a point), too. For instance, I replace the launcher (the entire interface) with Go Launcher or Next Launcher. I've also used several others and constantly try new ones to see if there's something I might like better. There are apps an widgets galore. Many of them good, many of them bad, some of them great and some of them awful. Most are free, some are paid. You can try as many as you like and get rid of the ones you don't want either from inside the Play Store (My Apps) or from Settings/Applications/Management.

I thought the "W" models of the Iconia were all Windows. I used to have an Iconia (A100), but it had an "A" where you have a "W".

Since you didn't use the gmail address, it's very unl;ikely you've done very much that you would lose in a total reset.

Go into your settings and find the reset option (could be Backup and Settings, could be under Security or might be some other place). Do a factory reset and it will ask the same questions it asked the first time when it boots again. Then you can input your gmail address.

Once you're set up again, you can access the Play Store to look for apps/games you might like. You can customize the thing (to a point), too. For instance, I replace the launcher (the entire interface) with Go Launcher or Next Launcher. I've also used several others and constantly try new ones to see if there's something I might like better. There are apps an widgets galore. Many of them good, many of them bad, some of them great and some of them awful. Most are free, some are paid. You can try as many as you like and get rid of the ones you don't want either from inside the Play Store (My Apps) or from Settings/Applications/Management.

I thought the "W" models of the Iconia were all Windows. I used to have an Iconia (A100), but it had an "A" where you have a "W".

Thanks for your suggestions. Makes sense to me if I can get it done will be great. I appreciate your help I will update the results.